a stopped clock is right twice a day
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
adj
Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
We were stopped for more than three hours!
They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
In the state resulting from having stopped.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Having a stop; being closed at one end.
In a well-pruned state.
Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d